Q-Checker V5 Knowledgeware A step by step manual Prerequisites The following settings in Tools > Options are prerequisite for a correct visualization of the knowledgeware in CATIA. To activate the settings a restart of CATIA is necessary. a) General > Parameter and Measure (Since CATIA R11: General > Parameter and Measure / Language) / Knowledge Language [ON ] Load external language libraries [ON ] All packages (depending on the profile/checks it may be possible that only a subset of these packages are needed) b) Infrastructure > Product Structure / Tree Customization Parameters YES Relations YES c) Infrastructure > Part Infrastructure / Display Specification tree [ON ] Parameters [ON ] Relations
d) Infrastructure > Part Infrastructure / General Update [ON ] Automatic Include KWE-Checks a CATPart / CATProduct The knowledgeware becomes a part of the model, therefor the following steps (excepting step 3 and 4, which have to do only once) has to do for every model. 1.) Start CATIA and open a CATPart 2.) Enter Catalog in Toolbar Tools 3.) Select File: KweQChecker.catalog The KweQChecker.catalog is located in the Q-Checker Installation Directory e.g. C:\ Programme \ TransCAT \ Q-Checker161 \ KweQChecker \ KweQchecker.catalog
4.) KweQChecker.catalog is displayed in Catalog Browser The KWE-qchecker catalog is now available for every model. Click on KWE-qchecker to open the Q- Checker Catalog. 5.) The Q-Checker catalog is displayed in Catalog Browser Double click on Q-Checker to import Rule Base Catalog 6.) Relations are now displayed in the model tree 7.) Open Relations The small whir means that a update is necessary Press right mouse button on Rule Base
Start check by pressing the button Manual Complete Solve or Manual Optimized Solve - Manual Complete Solve = The whole model will be checked - Manual Optimized Solve = Only the elements which were changed since the last check will be checked 8.) Green and red lights display the status of the criteria Green = Criteria OK Red = Criteria faulty 9.) Criteria options Press right mouse button on an criterion e.g. Real.1 Chose the Definition to adjust the parameter of the criterion. 10.) Report Select Report in Rule Base Menu (Step 7) to open [ Criterion OK ]
[ Criterion faulty ] 11.) Perform automatically Check after every change in model Open RuleBase Settings: press Settings in Rule Base Menu (Step 7) Activate Traces - Automatic Complete = the whole model is checked - Automatic Optimized = only the changes are checked - Manual Solve 12.) An other possibility to start the KWE-check is to click on the lights in the Toolbar knowledge. 13.) The possible actions as well as the check results are displayed in the following window.
Include KWE-Checks in Q-Checker Knowledgeware checks can be included in the Q-Checker profiles. Thereby they are available as regular checks for every model. There Are two possibilities to include KWE-Checks in Q-Checker: a) VB-Scripts b) A CATProduct which includes KWE-Checks In both cases the files have to be in a special folder in the Q-Checker adminv5-directory....\ TransCAT \ Q-Checker171 \ adminv5 \ Environment_xy \ plugin \ KweQCheckerPlugin The name of the CATProduct must be KweQCheckerPlugin.CATProduct. The Q-Checker searches for the folder and the CATProduct and includes it automatically if available. The structure has to be a shown in the following picture. In RuleBase necessarily the folder Q-Checker must exist. Below Q-Checker it is possible to create additional folder and subfolder. This folder will be displayed in the Q-Checker profile and include the checks. The checks can be created with CATIA knowledgeware expert. Every check necessarily needs a unequivocally KeyWord. The name of the KeyWord will be displayed as check-name in the Q-Checker profile. In the picture below is shown how the RuleBase above is displayed in the Q-Checker profile.